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PEOPLE vs Antonio Mendoza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ANTONIO MENDOZA y BUTONES, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 152589 & 152758 | 2003-10-24

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

THIS IS ANOTHER DISGUSTING INCIDENT OF INCESTUOUS RAPE OF A MINOR.

Antonio Butones Mendoza, appellant, was indicted for two (2) counts of incestuous rape, i.e., rape of his minor daughter on 18 March 1998 and 10 September 1999, both in Lakip, Atimonan, Quezon Province, under two separate Informations docketed as Crim. Cases Nos. 6636-G and 6637-G, respectively, before the RTC-Br. 61 of Gumaca, Quezon.[1] The charges are specified in the affidavit-complaint of his daughter Maricar T. Mendoza who on 18 March 1998 was only fourteen (14) years old and on 10 September 1999 was fifteen (15).[2]

The cases were...